Clothes-line support.



L. F. RENAULT & (1.1. DR AGO.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. 1915.

1,165,125. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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L. F. RENAULT & C. J. DRAGO.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLXCATION HLED OCT. 26, 1915.

1,165,125. Patented Dec. 21, 1915. v

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Patented Dec. 21, 1%15.

Application filed Gctober 26, 1915. Serial No. 57,948

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Louis F. RENAULT and CHRISTIE J. DRAGO, citizens of the i United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes- Line Snpport,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

Thislinvention relates to clothes line sup ports and has particular reference to that class-ofsuchjdevices as are intended for use in apartment houses or the like where the clothesto be driedarehungfrom windows along lines leading to. distant posts or other supports.

3 Among the objects of'the inventionis to providea means of a cheap, simple and reliable nature adapting the operator to hang the clothes upon the line without the necessity of reaching out of the windowfor this purpose. I i 7 It is well known that in; large cities where the clothes are hung from upstairs Windows,

many accidents and fatalities result from the reaching or hanging out of the windows,

andhenoe may attempts have been made to provide a suitableapparatus-to support the adjacent end of a clothes line to obviatesuch dangerous operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, theinvention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed-herein, still for the urJose ofillustratimf-a 3ractical emb0diment thereof reference is had 13013119300011} panying drawings, in which like reference characters,designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes line apparatus showing the posit on thereof the supporting arm when projectedwithin the'huilding; Fig is a plan view, parts being insection on the line H of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical edge view of the main bracket as will be seen from the line 55. of

.-bracket; and Fig. .7

Fig.3 and indicating the arm in section; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the said i is a vertical sectional detail on the-line 7 of Fig. 3.

iteferring now more particularly to the drawings we show a main bracket 10 of symmetrical form andhence adapted to secure to either the right or left side of a window frame, depending uponthe position of thedistant support 11 or the individual preference of the operator. This bracket comprises the main web portion 12 approximately of circular form and provided with a forwardly projecting circular flange 13. The web and flange members are formed integral with each other and with an angle piececoinprising a plate 14 lying in substantially the same plane as the web 12 and a right angularly disposed plate 15. bracket is designed tobe secured rigidly but This these plates or bars may be placed on each .SlClG' of the window so as to accommodate the attachment for either side with a mimmum amount of trouble. In addition to the holes for the wood-screws 18, the bar 17 is tapped at a plurality of places, as shown at 19, for machine screws 20 which pass through holes in the ears 21 at the upper and lower ends of the plate 1 4 and whereby the plate 14: is clamped rigidly to the bar 17, this 'connection constituting the main supporting means forthe bracket on the window frame.

I The plate 15 is provided with a hole 22 through which a lag screw 23 projects at right-angles to the screws 18 and 20. The lag screw is provided at its outer end with a movable head 24: whereby, after the lag screw is onceset in position, the plate 15 may loe attached to or detached from the screw. This may be regarded as a temporary holder for the; bracket preliminary to inserting the machine screws 20-as a permanent fastener.

v Atlthe center of the web or disk 12 is prov is of ample sizeand strength for its purpose,

. tance from the front end-of the boss.

vided a boss 25. having-an'axial hole 26 therethrough. The outer surface of the boss is approximately cylindrical but preferably slightly tapered. The length of this boss is slightly less than the width of the flange. 12. A pivot pin or bo'1t27 is fitted through the hole '26 and projects a considerable dis- This pinmay be threaded into the boss and upset at its rearend so as to become a fixture therein, as shown at 2,8. a

At 29 is indicated an arm shown as made of tubular material and extending directly diametrically through the middle portion of a sleeve 30 fitted at its rear end upon the boss 25. The arm is bored at 31 at the axis of the sleeve to receive the pin 27 It 'fol-' lows, therefore, that the arm is held rigidly from rotation in the sleeve, and whenthe sleeve is fitted upon the boss 25 it is immovablefwith respect to the arm. The sleeve and even though the pin 27 is passed through the arm, the reinforcement-ofthearm resulting from the sleeve embracingit provides ample strength for the arm. 3 A hand wheelor nut 32 having a tapered boss '33 is tapped upon the front or free end of the pin 27. The boss 33 fits into the front end of the sleeve 30, and upon the tightening of the nut 32 the arm and sleeve are locked in definite position with respect to the bracket 10. 'Thearm 2'9 is made of suitable length to reach well intothe build ing from the outside of the Window frame and cooperates at points 34' and 35 with the flange 13 on diametrically opposite sides of the aXis of the pin '27. The bracket is mounted upon the window frame as closely adjacent the bottom of the upper sash as V convenient, and for ordinary purposes the arm 29 is locked in horizontal position for hanging the clothesupon the line; time the arm at the points 34 and35 will rest in notches 36 and 37, but to accommodate the height of the arm to taller or shorter persons, other pairs of notches 38 -and39 are provided on-said flange.

The inner or free end of the arm is turned at an angle, as shown at 40, and provided with a coiled hook 41 adapted to receive a pulley 42. The form of the hook 41 is such 7 that it is practically impossible for the pulinto one" pair of notches of the flange 13 ley to become detached therefrom' inany position of the arm. As shown in Fig. 1, when the device is t be used, thearm 29 will be swung inwardly and upwardly to the desired elevation within the building, and'then theinut 32 will be tightened Gausing the boss 33 to grip into the front end of the sleeve 30, thereby gripping the arm at the points 34 and 35 of the bracket. This actionlocksthe arm in rigid position-and the clothes line will At such operate freely betweenthepulleys 42 and 43,, making it convenient for the operator to hang the clothes directly upon the window, the line being projected step by step while the clothes are beingconneoted thereto in the usual manner. After the 7 line without reaching out or through the wash'has been hung out, both runs of the line are lifted and supported upon theouter end of the sleeve 30 or between the arm and the fiange of the nut 32, whereby the normal I tension upon the line is preserved." Upon V.

nut maythen be either tightened or not,

as-may be desired, the strain upon the line being borne as'before upon the pulleys and over the pivot pin '27-. [The arm 29,;however, is suificiently stiff or strong to prevent bending or buckling thereof; W'hen the clothes line is empty, it may assume the position shown in dotted lines in: Fig. 2, be

ing thereby perfectly loose to provide ample movement for the pulley 42 and .free end'of the arm. We provide notches 41% in the upper and lower portions of the flange 13 in which to grip-the arm, if desired, when the device is idle. r

We claim:' r a 1. Ina clothes line support, the combination of a bracket, means to secure the bracket 7 rigidly to the side of a window frame,th e, bracket comprising a web having a central. boss and a peripheral flange, a sleeve fitted at one end upon the boss, a line'supporting arm fitted diametrically through the middle portion of the sleeve and-bearing upon the '5 flange at points diametrically opposite from theaxis of the boss, and means acting upon the other end of the sleeve to lock the arm and sleeve upon the bracket;

2. In a clothes line support, the combination of a stationary bracket comprising a boss and bearing points diametrically oppo-- site the same, a pivot pin fitted axially through said boss, .a line supporting arm cooperating with said bracket at said bearing points, and'means cooperating with the arm. and pivotpin to grip the arm :in fixed position upon the bracket.

3. In a clothes line support, 'the combination of a bracket, means to secure the bracket in rigid position saidhracket ineluding a web having a rigid boss and peripheral bearing points, a short cylindrical sleeve fitted at one end upon said boss, a 7 line sup'porting arm secur'ed m the sleeve and adapted to cooperate with c'ertain of said bearingv points, apivot pin arranged co-axially with said boss, and: a clamping nut cooperating with the oth'er end ofthe sleeve and with said as set forth. I r V 4. In 'a clothes line support, the combinai ot ig-substantially I tion of a rigid bracket comprising a disk like Web having a central hole and a notched peripheral flange surrounding the hole, the notches being arranged in pairs, each pair being diametrically opposite from the axis of the hole, a pivot pin fitted in said hole, a line supporting arm mounted to swing around the pin and adapted also to cooperate With any one of said pairs of notches, and means cooperating With the arm and said pin to lock the arm in fixed position.

5. In a clothes line support, the combination of a rigid bracket having a central rigid boss and a flange surrounding the boss parallel thereto, a pivot pin fitted axially through the boss, a line supporting arm adapted to cooperate With said flange, a short cylindrical sleeve fitted at one end upon said boss and connected to the arm, the arm having a hole through Which the pivot pin projects at the axial center of the sleeve, and a nut secured to the free end of the pivot pin and cooperating with the other end of the sleeve to lock the arm in fixed position, said nut and sleeve serving also as a support for the intermediate portion of the clothes line, substantially as set forth.

LOUIS F. RENAULT. CHRISTIE J. DRAGO. Witnesses Gno. L. BEELER, PHILIP D. RoLLI-IAUs.

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